A newly developed material that molds itself to fill irregular gaps in bone while promoting bone growth could more effectively treat defects in the facial region, says a Texas A&M University researcher who is creating the shape-shifting material.
Dr. Tracy A. Hammond, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, received a grant from the NSF Division of Information & Intelligent Systems' Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies office to investigate how spatial reasoning and sketching are linked and to develop software sketching tools.
Harshvardhan and Adam Fidel, and Dr. Lawrence Rauchwerger and Dr. Nancy Amato were presented with the Best Paper Award at PACT 2014 (Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques).
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering hosted the first Tailgate Party of the year on Sept. 6 before the Texas A&M vs. Lamar football game.
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University recently held its second annual Industrial Affiliates Program Recruiting Event, which was an enormous success.
Dr. James Caverlee, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, was invited to give the first fall 2014 Distinguished Speaker Seminar hosted by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas.
Dr. Jorge L. Alvarado, an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, was one of four keynote speakers at the 2nd International Seminar on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow.
Dr. Zenon Medina-Cetina, associate professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, was announced as director of the Yucatán Initiative on Sept. 19.
David E. Lancaster '79, Trent Latshaw '75, Brent J. Smolik '83, and E. Joseph Wright '82 were inducted into the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering's Academy of Distinguished Graduates during the Fall Industry Board Dinner Sept. 11.
Javier Jo, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been honored with the 2014 Association of Former Students College Level Teaching Award.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our esteemed colleague and distinguished faculty member of the Department of Nuclear Engineering, Emeritus Professor Ron Hart.
Department of Nuclear Engineering and Nuclear Security Science & Policy Institute faculty members Dr. William Charlton, Dr. Sunil Chirayath, and Dr. Craig Marianno conducted a two-and-a-half day workshop on nuclear security at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur (IIT-K), which was jointly sponsored by the U.S. State Department's Partnership for Nuclear Security (PNS) and IIT-K.
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents recently approved the establishment of the Center for Autonomous Vehicles and Sensor Systems (CANVASS).
Dr. Nimir Elbashir (pictured center) is the director of the newly established TEES Gas and Fuels Research Center, with Dr. Ioannis Economou (left) as co-director and Dr. Mahmoud El-Halwagi (right) from the main campus in College Station as managing director.
Folami Alamudun, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, received the award for best graduate research presentation during his internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Steven R. Swanson, a former student of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, recently returned to Earth after six months aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
In a move that could have huge implications for national security, researchers have created a very sensitive and tiny detector that is capable of detecting radiation from various sources at room temperature.
Dr. Hong Liang's research on how gold nanoparticles can destroy superbacteria in the human body such as Escheria coli and drug-resistant Staphococcus aureus was featured on Popular Mechanics. Liang is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University.
Student leaders of the various mechanical engineering student organizations have organized themselves into a new student organization known as the Mechanical Engineering Leadership Council (MELC).
A research group led by Dr. Xinghang Zhang, associate professor and the Gulf Oil/Thomas A. Dietz Career Development Professor I in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has discovered plasticity and work-hardening behaviors in twinned aluminum with incoherent twin boundaries by using in situ nanoindentation technique.
Chances are you know what a transistor is—“a semiconductor device used to amplify and switch electronic signals and electrical power,” according to Wikipedia’s crowdsourced experts.
Dr. Tiffani L. Williams, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, is a general co-chair for this year's Grace Hopper Conference and has also been selected as a Texas A&M ADVANCE Scholar.
Kristen Maitland, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been elected society director for SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.
Dr. Sharath Girimaji, professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been awarded the 2014 Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching, College Level.
Three faculty within the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University celebrated promotion in an afternoon reception on Friday, Sept 5th, 2014.
Seven new faculty members and one lecturer join the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University in the 2014-2015 academic year, bringing with them a wide and diverse range of academic and industrial experience.
Dr. Haiyan Wang, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, was named Fellow of the world's largest association of materials scientists and engineers, ASM International.
Dr. Mladen Kezunovic, the Eugene E. Webb Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, recently published a book as part of an initiative funded by the Department of Energy (DOE).
Texas A&M University at Qatar has established a new center in the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) after approval from the Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System 4 September.
Texas A&M Engineering ranked eighth among engineering schools at public institutions offering a doctorate, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of the country’s undergraduate universities and programs.
Dr. Valerie Taylor, senior associate dean for academic affairs and Royce E. Wisenbaker Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, is the executive director of the Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in Information Technology (CMD-IT).
Research by a biomedical engineer at Texas A&M University is shedding light on how collagen grows at the molecular level and helps form a diverse set of structures in the body, ranging from bone, tendon, blood vessels, skin, heart and even corneas.
The Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M co-sponsored two students to attend the WiN national conference held in Boston from July 27 to July 30.
The Department of Nuclear Engineering would like to congratulate the following students on their recent scholarship awards from the American Nuclear Society.
Dr. Perla Balbuena, a researcher with the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), holder of the GPSA Professorship and a professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded $990,000 from the Department of Energy.
On August 29, 2014 in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, a Joint Innovation Center for Computer Science in Houston came closer to being realized with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and Tech Mahindra Ltd.
Dr. Sunil Chirayath, associate director of the Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute (NSSPI), traveled to Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia to speak as part of the Workshop on the Enhancement of Nuclear Engineering Curriculum with Nuclear Security Subjects.
Shared-use laboratories, flexible classrooms and a state-of-the-art educational environment will soon be the new academic learning ground for engineering students at Texas A&M University thanks to a $2 million contribution from The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW).
Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. Debjyoti Banerjee the Leland T. Jordan Career Development Professor in Mechanical Engineering in recognition of his many accomplishments and future potential.
Dr. Eun Jung Kim, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop a framework for high-performance and energy-efficient on-chip network mechanisms in synergy with Multicore Accelerator.
Dr. John Keyser, professor and associate head for academics in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been honored with the 2014 Association of Former Students College Level Teaching Award.
This summer, the Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute (NSSPI) hosted the first part of the 2014 Nuclear Security Training Series (NSTS), sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Partnership for Nuclear Security (PNS).
